Our Subsistence Pattern

In keeping with our annual tradition of yearly experimentation we have once again planted numerous "new to us" varieties of edibl...

....and to think I was considering planting potatoes today.

...and this morning (April 22) looks even worse.:)

It's been a typically temperamental North Idaho spring so far...snow, rain, more rain, wind, sleet, sun, and repeat. Nonetheless our gar...

The majority of our tomatoes, tomatillos, ground cherries, herbs, peppers, eggplants, and other seedlings have all germinated and are growin...

Last spring I wrote about some of the unusual and frugal ingredients that go into our seed starting mixture and this year's soil is ver...

I watched these videos linked from the Homestead Revival blog this morning and thought I would share them here as well. While I do not consi...

Three of the most important things we look for in a vegetable are, adaptability to our climate, flavor, and how easily it can be stored or ...